Ham truths | The basic versions of many supermarket hams scored better than their fancier counterparts, according to the consumer advocacy group Choice – with one premium ham “smelling like a Frankfurt sausage”.

Out-classed | The 20 private schools with the wealthiest parent cohorts in the country received a combined total of $130m in government funding last year, new data reveals. Meanwhile, Naplan results show Auburn North public school in Sydney outperformed others, despite English not being the first language for 98% of students.

Not working | A handful of major employment service providers have failed to adequately support Australians with disabilities in the job market as the federal government hands down its first public report card on the industry.

Nuclear split | Men and women are sharply split in attitudes towards nuclear energy, with women much more likely to say they don’t support it or think the risks are too great, a poll of 6,000 people shows.

Poll woe | Just 38% of Australian voters have confidence in the federal government, a level approaching the lows before Scott Morrison was voted out of office in May 2022.

‘Anti-state forces’ | People massed outside the South Korean parliament to protest the shock declaration of martial law by the country’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, in an unannounced late-night televised address (pictured). He blamed “shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces” for trying to “plunder the freedom and happiness of our people”, but the opposition condemned the move with an emergency motion in the national assembly, which passed in a unanimous vote from the lawmakers present. Follow developments live.

Syria surge | Syrian insurgents have launched attacks in the central province of Hama, threatening to cut off government troops from a key route linking the capital, Damascus, with rebel-held Aleppo.

Oui ou non | French lawmakers will vote in about 24 hours on a no-confidence motion that is all but certain to oust the fragile coalition of Michel Barnier.

Tipping point | The fight by a computer expert from Newport in south Wales to recover around £500m worth of bitcoin (approx A$1.1bn) he says was accidentally thrown into a council tip has finally reached court, where he hopes to win the right to excavate the tip.

‘Truly sorry’ | The boss of the Japanese bank Nomura has apologised and taken a voluntary pay cut after a former employee was charged with robbery and attempted murder of a customer.

Athletics | Australia’s athletics community is getting very excited about a 16-year-old sprinter named Gout Gout who is already being compared with the great Usain Bolt and who could peak in time for his home Olympics in 2032.

Cycling | The Belgian double Olympic cycling champion Remco Evenepoel suffered fractures to a rib, right shoulder blade and hand after crashing into an open door of a postal vehicle while he was on a training ride.

Football | Ipswich take on Crystal Palace and Leicester entertain West Ham in the first of this midweek’s clashes.

Courts | High court judgments in a number of immigration detention cases are due at 10am.

Economy | National income figures will be delivered at 11.30am.

Education | The MySchool website will update with this year’s Naplan data.

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